{"id":3589,"date":"2006-10-07T16:44:33","date_gmt":"2006-10-07T23:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=3589"},"modified":"2006-10-07T16:44:33","modified_gmt":"2006-10-07T23:44:33","slug":"daily-voting-news-for-october-7-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3589","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Daily Voting News&#8217; For October 7, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.org<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DVNLogo.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Elections changes mandated by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 have created expensive elections. Historically school districts, fire districts and any other governmental entity that raises funds via voter approval have had to pay to put their requests for funding before the voter. Now these city and county entities are faced with much more expensive elections. In Wisconsin school districts are deciding to change their bond elections and school board election from odd to even-numbered years so they can just add their election in with the even-year general election. That will lower their costs but add to the size of an already overly large ballot. This is another unintended disaster brought to us by the fine folks who gave us HAVA. \/ An election challenge in Rhode Island is now before the state supreme court. ES&#038;S is being raked over the coals in court, again&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"list\">\n<li>NAtional: CNN&#8217;s Lou Dobbs: &#8216;The country has done very well with paper ballots for a very long time.&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=3588\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAtional: Die Bold, Die Wussy. An Invitation to Steal an Election <a href=\"http:\/\/www.browardpalmbeach.com\/Issues\/2006-10-05\/news\/tailpipe.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AR: Voting officials meet to resolve election issues <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwanews.com\/adg\/News\/168897\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>AZ: No ID needed for Arizona voter registration pending appeal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.douglasdispatch.com\/articles\/2006\/10\/07\/news\/news3.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Alameda County &#8211; Suit challenges voting system. Security and accuracy of votes questioned in Alameda County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/trivalleyherald\/localnews\/ci_4450158\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CA: Lake County &#8211; County&#8217;s absentee ballot voting has increased dramatically <a href=\"http:\/\/www.record-bee.com\/local\/ci_4456945\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Staying home to vote gains fans in Colorado. Officials say half of November ballots could be absentee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/drmn\/elections\/article\/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5050201,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>CO: Larimer County &#8211; Scramble on to meet costly election rules <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradoan.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061007\/NEWS01\/610070347\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Right touch? Voting screens draw doubts. But local officials have confidence in systems here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naplesnews.com\/news\/2006\/oct\/07\/voters_not_confident_about_touch_screens\/?local_news\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>FL: Volusia County &#8211; Elections chief scrambles on voting queries. McFall still doesn&#8217;t have details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/local\/volusia\/orl-velections0706oct07,0,2867844.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-volusia\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IN: Hendricks County &#8211; Election Day staffing sought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061007\/LOCAL05\/610070360\/-1\/ZONES04\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>MN: School districts switching elections. Even-year option can save money <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mankatofreepress.com\/local\/local_story_280005535.html?keyword=secondarystory\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Herkimer County &#8211; Accessible ballot marking device available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlefallstimes.com\/articles\/2006\/10\/07\/news\/news3.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY: Suffolk County Officials Announce Intent to File Suit Over Voting Machine Mandate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votetrustusa.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1858&#038;Itemid=113\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: A fine mess in Ohio <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincypost.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061007\/NEWS02\/610070306\/1003\/EDIT\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Cuyahoga voting problems could delay Senate results <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclet.com\/Daily%20Pages\/100706head6.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>OH: Cuyahoga County &#8211; Diebold Memory Cards Stolen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/genera_rady_ana_061007_diebold_memory_cards.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>RI: Lawyer Questions Voting Machines &#8211; Asks local officals to watch them closely <a href=\"http:\/\/government.press-world.com\/v\/73899\/lawyer-questions-voting-machines-asks-local-officals-to-watch-them-closely.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>TN: Union County &#8220;\u201c TBI [Tennessee Bureau of Investigation] may look into election. Officials to decide if claims of vote buying to be probed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/kns\/local_news\/article\/0,1406,KNS_347_5049168,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: County panel rejects move to withhold payment to Diebold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenorthwestern.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20061006\/OSH\/61006121\/1987\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>WI: Milwaukee &#8211; Election head vows a smooth Nov. 7. Commission still seeks poll workers, however <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=510516\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>IReland &#8211; Government says e-voting will not be used in next election  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/breaking\/story.asp?j=197665174&#038;p=y9766588x&#038;n=197665934\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>NEatherlands &#8211; Flaws found in European voting machines. Problem affects gear used by 90% of Dutch voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#038;articleId=9003958&#038;intsrc=news_ts_head\" target=\"_blank\"><i>LINK<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>**&#8221;Daily Voting News&#8221; is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in &#8220;Daily Voting News&#8221; may not reflect the opinions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">BradBlog.Com<\/a>**<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org Elections changes mandated by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 have created expensive elections. Historically school districts, fire districts and any other governmental entity that raises funds via voter approval have had to pay to put their requests for funding before the voter. Now these city and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-voting-news","bb-type-bradblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3589"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=3589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}